Turkish State Railways 46215 at Irmak, Turkey, on September 7, 1973. The locomtive is a 2-8-2 built by Baldwin in the United States in 1942 as part of a British order for service in the Middle East. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-001
Two Turkish State Railways "Skyliner" locomotives lead a freight train south on the Zonguldak Line near Irmak, Turkey, on September 7, 1973. The Vulcan Foundry of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, built 88 of the 2-10-0 Skyliners for the Turkish Railways from 1947 to 1949. They were among the largest steam locomotives in Turkey, and the among the largest locomotives Vulcan ever built. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-004
Turkish State Railways 2-10-0 steam locomotive no. 56387 leads a freight north on the Zonguldak Line near Demir Cevre, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-008
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive no. 56387 leads a freight north (with a second locomotive pushing) on the Zonguldak Line near Kurşunlu, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-010
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive no. 56314 (running backwards) pushes a freight north on the Zonguldak Line near Kurşunlu, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-012
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive no. 56387, a 2-10-0 "Skyliner" built by the Vulcan Foundry in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, leads a freight train north on the Zonguldak Line near Eskipazar, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-018
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive 56388 leads a freight train south on the Zonguldak Line near Eskipazar, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Smoke from pusher locomotive 56332 is visible in the distance. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-020
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive 56388 leads a freight train south on the Zonguldak Line near Eskipazar, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Smoke from pusher locomotive 56332 is visible in the distance. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-C25-01
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive 56388 leads a freight train south on the Zonguldak Line near İsmetpaşa, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Pusher locomotive 56332 is visible on the bridge in the distance. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-023
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive 56332 pushes a freight train south (led by 56388) on the Zonguldak Line near İsmetpaşa, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-026
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive 56388 leads a freight train south on the Zonguldak Line near Kurtcemeni, Turkey, on September 8, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-C25-02
Two Turkish State Railways steam locomotives pull an ore train north on the Samsun-Sivas Line near Havza, Turkey, on September 9, 1973. Czech-built 2-10-0 56159 leads Belgium 2-8-0 45020. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-032
Two Turkish State Railways steam locomotives pull an ore train north under brooding skies on the Samsun-Sivas Line near Dekdigin, Turkey, on September 9, 1973. Czech-built 2-10-0 56159 leads Belgian 2-8-0 45020. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-034
Turkish State Railways 45029, a 2-8-0 steam locmotive built by NOHAB in Sweden, leads a freight train south on the Samsun-Sivas Line near Amasya, Turkey, on September 10, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-038
Turkish State Railways passenger train from Samsun to Sivas rolls south near Havza, Turkey, behind 2-8-0 locomotive 45021 on September 10, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-044
Turkish State Railways 45021, a Belgium-built 2-8-0 locomotive, steams out of a tunnel near Suluova, Turkey, with the morning passenger train from Samsun to Sivas on September 10, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-045
Turkish State Railways 2-8-0 locomotive 45021 leads the morning passenger train from Samsun to Sivas near Amasya, Turkey, on September 10, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-047
In the rugged countryside near Salucu, Turkey, a Turkish State Railways freight train rolls north on the Sivas-Samsun Line behind 2-10-0 steam locomotive 56127 on September 10, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-053
Turkish State Railways 56051, a German-built 2-10-0 steam locomotive, leads a passenger train from Izmir to Kars out of a tunnel and over a viaduct near Cetinkaya, Turkey, on September 11, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-069
Turkish State Railways 56118, a Czech-built 2-10-0 steam locomotive, leads a freight train east over a viaduct on the Sivas-Malatya Line near Cetinkaya on September 11, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-053
Turkish State Railways enginehouse at Sivas, Turkey, on September 12, 1973. Locomotives pictured include Czech-built 2-10-0s 56139, 56154, 56118, and 56147. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, TCDD-25-074
Turkish State Railways 56136, a 2-10-0 steam locomotive built in Czechoslovakia in 1949, eases out of the enginehouse in Sivas, Turkey, on September 12, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, TCDD-25-085
Turkish State Railways "Skyliner" 56373, a 2-10-0 steam locomotive built at the Vulcan Foundry in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, leads a freight train east on the Kayseri-Sivas Line near Bogazkopru, Turkey, on September 12, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art; Hand-TCDD-25-094
Turkish State Railways 24835, a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive of the DE24000 class, leads a freight train east on the Kayseri-Sivas Line near Bogazkopru, Turkey, on September 12, 1973. A large order of DE24000s allowed the Turkish Railways to retire many of their steam locomotives in the 1970s. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art; Hand-TCDD-25-097
Turkish State Railways "Skyliner" locomotive 56333 at Niğde, Turkey, on September 12, 1973. The Vulcan Foundry of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, built 88 of the 2-10-0 Skyliner locomotives for the Turkish Railways from 1947 to 1949. They were among the largest steam locomotives in Turkey, and among the largest locomotives Vulcan ever built. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-101
Turkish State Railways 56705, a 2-10-0 steam locomotive built in France, leads the Kurtalan to Ankara mail train west near Pozantı, Turkey, on September 13, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-105
The Turkish State Railways mail train from Kurtalan to Ankara passes a minaret in the village of Çiftehan, Turkey, on September 13, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-107
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive 56705 pulls the Kurtalan-Ankara mail train west through the rugged landscape near Çiftehan, Turkey, on September 13, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-C25-03
Turkish State Railways 56705, a 2-10-0 steam locomotive built in France, leads the Kurtalan to Ankara mail train west near Çiftehan, Turkey, on September 13, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-112
Three Turkish State Railways steam locomotives in Ulukışla, Turkey, on September 13, 1973. They include 45153, a 2-8-0 built in the United Kingdom, and 56368, a 2-10-0 built in the United States. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-118
Turkish State Railways 56368 leads a freight train north on the Ulukisla-Kaysseri Line near Kardeşgediği, Turkey, on September 13, 1973. The locomotive is a 2-10-0 "Skyliner" built by the Vulcan Foundry in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-125
Turkish State Railways steam locomotive 56705, a French 2-10-0 built in 1943, leans into a curve with the Kurtalan-Ankara mail train near Kardeşgediği, Turkey, on September 13, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-C25-03
Crew members of Turkish State Railways steam locomotive 56091, a very German-looking 2-10-0 built in Great Britain, pose with their engine on the Ulukisla-Konya Line near KardeÅgediÄi, Turkey, on September 13, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-C25-06
Close-up view of Turkish State Railways 56091, a 2-10-0 built by the Vulcan Foundry in Great Britain in 1948. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-136
Close-up view of a driving wheel and crosshead of Turkish State Railways 56091, a 2-10-0 built by the Vulcan Foundry in Great Britain in 1948. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-137
Turkish State Railways 56705, a 2-10-0 steam locomotive built in France, leads the Kurtalan to Ankara mail train west over a stone retaining wall near Çiftehan, Turkey, on September 15, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-156
Turkish State Railways 56705 leads a freight train west on the Adana-Ulukisla Line near Çiftehan, Turkey, on September 16, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-C25-09
Turkish State Railways 56740, a 2-10-0 steam locomotive built in France, leads a freight train east on the Ulukisla-Adana Line near Pozantı, Turkey, on September 15, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-161
Turkish State Railways 56724, a 2-10-0 steam locomotive built in France, leads a freight train west on the Adana-Ulukisla Line near Pozantı, Turkey, on September 15, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-163
Turkish State Railways 56724 steams west with a freight on the Adana-Ulukisla Line near Çiftehan, Turkey, on September 15, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-164
Turkish State Railways 56724 rolls a freight train west past a flock of sheep grazing near Gumus, Turkey, on September 15, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-166
Turkish State Railways 56106, a 2-10-0 built by the Vulcan Foundry in Great Britain, steams east with a freight on the Afyon-Konya Line near Ilginn, Turkey, on September 16, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-177
Two German-built steam locomotives lead a Turkish State Railways freight train east on the Izmir-Afyon Line near Uşak, Turkey, on September 16, 1973. The 55048 is an 0-10-0 built by Berliner Maschinenbau AG in 1924 and the 57002 is a 2-10-2 by Krupp in 1933. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-183
German-built steam locomotives 55048 (0-10-0) and 57002 (2-10-2) lead a Turkish State Railways freight train east on the Izmir-Afyon Line near Dumlupınar, Turkey, on September 16, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-184
A Turkish State Railways freight train steams south through the rugged countryside along the Zonguldak Line near İsmetpaşa, Turkey, on September 17, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-184
Wind-blown smoke marks the path of a Turkish State Railways freight train steaming south on the Zonguldak Line near Eskipazar, Turkey, on September 17, 1973. Photograph by Victor Hand, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Hand-TCDD-25-194
